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good usage

American  

noun

  1. (in a language) standard, prescribed, or acceptable usage of words or phrases.

    Your sentence violates the rules of good usage.


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I’ve racked my brain to give you a good usage scenario for Bluetooth 5, but it doesn’t exist yet.

From The Verge Jun. 20, 2017

It will be a smaller market than using gas to fire power plants, “but it’s a good usage of the gas,” he said.

From BusinessWeek Dec. 7, 2011

Yet such pointers are overwhelmed by humorless pedagogy, prolixity, questionable advice, and an embarrassing number of sins against good usage and grammar.

From Time Magazine Archive

The dean thought that good usage varied with time & place.

From Time Magazine Archive

Here is an example of good usage: NEW YORK, Feb.

From Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing by Hyde, Grant Milnor

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